Papayas — Yield in India
India: Papayas — Yield was 35,523 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Papayas — Yield in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for papayas — yield in India is 35,523 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — yield in India peaked at 44,328 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 7,742 kg/ha, in 1985.
That places India 13th out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Papayas — Yield in India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 38,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 33,143 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1963 | 33,714 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 25,167 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1965 | 29,833 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1966 | 25,750 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1967 | 26,125 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 22,778 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1969 | 24,667 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1970 | 19,711 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1971 | 22,412 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1972 | 18,976 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1973 | 22,227 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1974 | 21,907 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 20,701 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1976 | 19,094 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1977 | 19,367 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 15,940 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1979 | 16,313 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 16,098 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 9,234 kg/ha | -42.6% |
| 1982 | 13,247 kg/ha | +43.4% |
| 1983 | 12,075 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1984 | 7,938 kg/ha | -34.3% |
| 1985 | 7,742 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 8,458 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1987 | 8,376 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 10,895 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1989 | 9,965 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1990 | 12,364 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1991 | 17,816 kg/ha | +44.1% |
| 1992 | 16,950 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 22,642 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 1994 | 22,351 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 21,649 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 20,372 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 23,315 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1998 | 23,349 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 27,398 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2000 | 25,517 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 35,148 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 2002 | 31,576 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2003 | 29,074 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 34,351 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2005 | 31,553 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 34,236 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 35,048 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 37,031 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 40,893 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2010 | 39,585 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 37,965 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 40,773 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 41,067 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 42,286 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 42,722 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 42,932 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 44,328 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 43,399 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 40,604 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 40,704 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 37,945 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 35,607 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 35,405 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 35,523 kg/ha | +0.3% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 35,523 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14,114 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- India's 35,523 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 11,110 kg/ha, 3.2× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,797 kg/ha | 22,778 kg/ha | 38,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,665 kg/ha | 15,940 kg/ha | 22,412 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,403 kg/ha | 7,742 kg/ha | 16,098 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,821 kg/ha | 12,364 kg/ha | 27,398 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33,443 kg/ha | 25,517 kg/ha | 40,893 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,566 kg/ha | 37,965 kg/ha | 44,328 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 37,037 kg/ha | 35,405 kg/ha | 40,704 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 10 Morocco 45,000 kg/ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 14,093 kg/ha compare
- 11 Brazil 41,520 kg/ha compare
- 11 Polynesia 11,247 kg/ha compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 10,550 kg/ha compare
- 12 Thailand 39,885 kg/ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9,206 kg/ha compare
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7,680 kg/ha compare
- 14 Saudi Arabia 34,043 kg/ha compare
- 15 Guatemala 30,715 kg/ha compare
- 16 El Salvador 29,210 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is papayas — yield in India?
- Papayas — yield in India was 35,523 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 44,328 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest papayas — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,742 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does India rank for papayas — yield?
- India ranks 13th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Papayas — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.